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The Japanese Language Help Thread

Since we have some Japanese speakers and learners here, I thought this would be a useful thread. ^^

I'm quite new, and I'm wondering how I would write the word "Arena" with Japanese characters. I'm trying to write Pokémon Arena in Japanese, and all I have so far is ポケモン, the word for Pokémon. Is that Kanji or Katakana? Whatever it is, I'd prefer if Arena were written to match the same lettering. :]

Oh, and it's a bit offtopic, but is ポケモン ever actually used in Japanese to represent the word "Pokémon", or just ポケットモンスター?

Re: The Japanese Language Help Thread

Hiya!

Reading the ("final" thought about the Arceus/Mew "problem".) thread in the PokeWorld section reminded me that I had a couple of interesting pics on the topic that have been lying around in my hard drive since last October. Sadly I have forgotten about its source. I think I got it off Pokesho.com but I could be wrong. (Do help me out with that little dilemma I have if you know where these are up!)

The trouble is that they both are in Japanese, so I can't make any headway on them.

Please help in there translation. They are quite amusing!
I've uploaded them both into my album.
Here you go: Mew and the Dinosaurs!

Re: The Japanese Language Help Thread

Well, if anyone's serious about learning Japanese, I actually recommend that "My Japanese Coach" game for the DS. It is cheap, and also very accurate, teaching you how to read and write as well as speak the language. I hear those Rosetta Stone programs are also extremely good, if you can stand the $250+ price tag.

~ 3DS Friend Code: 5300-9399-4530~Heart of Crystal - a Crystal Nuzlocke challenge story"He had it comin'! He had it comin'! He only had himself to blame! If you'd've been there, if you'd've seen it, I bet you you would have done the same!"